Are antidepressants effective in the treatment of postpartum depression? A systematic review

Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Sharma, Verinder ^a,b   Sommerdyk, Christina ^a  

^a Regional Mental Health Care ^*  (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; FLUVOXAMINE MALEATE; NEFAZODONE; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; QUETIAPINE; SERTRALINE; VENLAFAXINE;

CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DATA EXTRACTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DSM-IV; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; ICD-10; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PATIENT COUNSELING; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REMISSION; REVIEW; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84892683486     PISSN: 15235998     EISSN: 1555211X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/PCC.13r01529     Document Type: Review

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